JAS-1

NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1986-061B

Description

JAS-1 (Japan Amateur Satellite-1) was launched by a two-stage H-I launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center of the National Space Development Agency of Japan. The national name of the satellite was Fuji. Its mission was to provide analog and digital international satellite communications for radio amateurs, to study satellite tracking and control techniques, and to confirm the on orbit functions of the on board transponder developed by the amateur radio transpose group.